"That's what I did last night, Carla. Worked better than I hoped, but there's still a little bit of color. I guess I should get my mother to be a second pair of eyes. I think I might need to sew another."

"I thought I'd be finished with the dresses last night, but then I discovered through an accident that the color bleeds on the red dresses. (There's 6 green and 5 red.)  I started emergency trying to get the dye out. I can still tell…"

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"Two of my mom's September "back to school" dress blocks.  She's almost all done. Maybe I'll get my first block finished tomorrow for a picture..."

"Very pretty! I always think of those as my mother's colors. :)"

"My"

"Are we sending in 12.5 inch blocks that will finish at 12? Or are we sending 13 inch blocks? I'm not certain, and I hope I don't do it the wrong way. "

"Thanks, Carla!  I realized that I don't have to finish the block for me right now, and that helps!"

"Wow! I might have to stop swapping with all of you speedy sew-ers! I'm still hoping this week's overtime work doesn't keep me from finishing the last 4 tea cups! All the photos you're sharing look great!"

"Oh, I should have said l vote for leaving the tulip in too. They're my favorite."

"Now that I've seen some more of what people are planning, I'm definitely in. Hopefully for December. I'm hoping to finish tea cups this weekend."

"That's cute, Carla. I like it!"

"Are you all going to do the flat style of dress blocks? I wasn't sure if people meant the type that looks like actual doll dresses all gathered and fancy. That looks like so much work! If blocks like the one Chris shared are okay, I'd…"

"Only a few of my quilts don't have cats on them. I'm a cat-quilt lady. So, depending on the timing, I'd be up for cats or cats & dogs."

"That's what I get for combining piecing with hand stitching! ;) All of my blocks are pieced, but I'm only a third of the way through the embroidered stitches."